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JADAT

Aberdeen City Council, a JADAT Partner, is currently hosting the JADAT Website.  Several other JADAT partners have Websites which can be accessed by clicking on the relevant link as it appears on the site.

Introduction

Welcome to the Aberdeen Joint Alcohol and Drug Action Team (JADAT) Website.

The JADAT is a partnership of the main public sector organisations in Aberdeen City concerned with the effects of drugs and alcohol.

The aim of this site is to make it easier for everyone in Aberdeen to become better informed about drugs and alcohol, whether their interest is for themselves, as a parent, friend or as a professional in the field.

There is a lot of information around, both locally and nationally, and sometimes it is difficult to decide what is relevant and what is not. The website will be continually up-dated so that the information is relevant and of interest to those working within the field of drug and alcohol misuse, and to those who have an interest or concern about it.

Who Are We?

The JADAT is a multi-agency partnership working together to lead and co-ordinate the prevention and reduction of problems associated with drugs and alcohol.

The Partners

  • Aberdeen City Council, including; Elected Members, Community Services / Social Work / Housing, Learning and Leisure, Community Learning and Development, and the Office of the Chief Executive
  • Aberdeen City Drugs, Alcohol & HIV Forum (representation from drug and alcohol services)
  • Grampian Police
  • NHS Grampian, including the Aberdeen City Community Health Partnership and Specialist Substance Misuse Service
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  • Procurator Fiscal
  • Aberdeen Council of Voluntary Organisations
  • HMP Aberdeen
  • Community Representation

The role and function of the Aberdeen JADAT is to provide strategic direction for the Action Team, ensuring that we take forward locally the national strategies for drugs and alcohol, identifying local priorities and making the best use of the resources available to us.

Several JADAT partners have websites which can be accessed by clicking on the relevant domain name:

www.aberdeencity.gov.uk
www.nhsgrampian.org
www.sps.gov.uk
www.acvo.org.uk
www.grampian.police.uk

Aims of the JADAT

The four main strategic aims, which are consistent with the Scottish Executive's National Drug Strategy 'Tackling Drugs in Scotland - Action in Partnership' and the National Alcohol Action Plan are:

  1. To help young people (under 18's) to resist developing problems associated with alcohol and drug use, and to cope with alcohol and drug use in the family, in order to achieve their full potential in society.
  2. To work with adults and communities to promote community responses to alcohol and drug issues and to develop useful communications with specific groups, forums and members of the public.
  3. To enable people with alcohol and drug problems to overcome them and live healthy and crime-free lives.
  4. To reduce crime and anti social behaviour and to protect our communities

A Guide to Local Services

NHS Grampian, Aberdeen City Joint Alcohol and Drugs Action Team and Aberdeenshire Alcohol and Drugs Action Team, in consultation with local services and service users have produced a Directory.

The Directory aims to assist people who are concerned about alcohol, drugs, sexual health and related issues and who require help, advice or support. It is also designed to help staff working in health care, local authorities and voluntary services to direct people to the most suitable service available.

Related Info

Alcohol Focus Scotland

Alcohol Focus Scotland is Scotland's national alcohol charity. Their main aims are to promote a responsible attitude to drinking in Scotland and to reduce the effects of alcohol misuse on all those affected by their own or another's drinking. Through a variety of public health and information campaigns, training and counselling services, AFS believe they can play a big part in making Scotland "think and drink".
www.alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk

Alcohol Concern

Alcohol Concern is the national agency on alcohol misuse. They work to reduce the incidence and costs of alcohol-related harm and to increase the range and quality of services available to people with alcohol-related problems. They also provide information and encourage debate on the wide range of public policy issues affected by alcohol. They support specialist and non-specialist service providers helping to tackle alcohol problems at a local level, whilst also working to influence national alcohol policy.
www.alcoholconcern.org.uk

Alcohol Information Scotland

Alcohol Information Scotland site provides information, statistics and research relating specifically to alcohol misuse. Our target users are policy makers, professionals, researchers, employers and the wider community.
www.alcoholinformation.isdscotland.org

Barnardos

Barnardos helps the most vulnerable children and young people transform their lives and fulfil their potential. Substance misuse is a growing problem facing children in the UK today. Barnardo's works closely with children,young people and their families to tackle alcohol and drug misuse and help young people and their parents manage their situations.
www.barnardos.org.uk

Bizzikid

Bizzikid is a website for primary school children in Scotland is all about providing learning games and fun activities including 'Watch Out! Drugs' that provides children with information to make sensible choices if they are offered drugs.
www.bizzikid.co.uk

Crimestoppers

Crimestoppers is an independent charity working in partnership with the Police to prevent and solve crimes. The scheme allows you to give information about crimes that affect you and your local community. This could be criminal activity relating to drugs and alcohol. Crimestoppers is completely anonymous and no one will ever know you made the call. If you have information about crime that you want to share call, 0800 555 111
www.crimestoppersscotland.com

Drinkulator

The 'Drinkulator' is a new website which helps calculate the damage done to a person's liver and other organs by drinking too much alcohol. Developed by fourth-year medical students at the University of Southampton the 'Drinkulator' calculator will help everyone who likes to drink to establish whether that are drinking safe amounts of alcohol.
www.drinkulator.org

Drug Misuse Information in Scotland

The Drug Misuse Information in Scotland site provides information, statistics and research relating to drug and alcohol misuse. Our target users are policy makers, professionals, researchers, employers and the wider community.
www.drugmisuse.isdscotland.org

DrugScope

DrugScope is the UK's leading independent centre of expertise on drugs. Our aim is to inform policy development and reduce drug-related risk. We provide quality drug information, promote effective responses to drug taking, undertake research at local, national and international levels, advise on policy-making, encourage informed debate and speak for our member organisations working on the ground. DrugScope is supported by a variety of organisations, including Government, EU, Trusts and Foundations.
www.drugscope.org.uk

D-World

DrugScope has recently launched D-World, the new drugs information website for 11-14 year olds, packed with projects, games, videos and more.
www.drugscope-dworld.org.uk

Drugs Action

Drugs Action provides a range of services to drug users, ex users and their families. The overall aim of Drugs Action is to reduce the harms associated with drug use to the individual, the family and the community. Interventions range from advice and information regarding 'safer' drug use through to intensive work with dependent drug users to support positive changes in their drug use and related areas. A range of services is also available to family members from information and advice through to intensive one to one counselling. In view of Drugs Action's strategic role in making contact with hard to reach groups, confidentiality is of central importance in all aspects of the agency's work.
www.drugsaction.co.uk

GINA

GINA is a gender network group specifically created to assist the people of Scotland to deal with the many issues surrounding alcohol use and raises awareness of the issues around gender groups and alcohol within Scotland.
www.alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk

Know the Score

As Scotland's definitive drugs information gateway, this portal web site provides you with the facts on drugs in Scotland, whether you're a young person, a parent/relative, friend, carer or a community group. The web site contains information for anyone who wants to know about drugs in Scotland and the harmful effects of drugs misuse. Know the Score is at the heart of a network of drugs-related services and organisations which provide information and advice on drugs issues in Scotland.
www.knowthescore.info

Scottish Drugs Forum

Scottish Drugs Forum (SDF) is the national non-government drugs policy and information agency working in partnership with others to co-ordinate effective responses to drug use in Scotland. SDF aims to support and represent, at both local and national levels, a wide range of interests, promoting collaborative, evidence-based responses to drug use.
www.sdf.org.uk

Scottish Training on Drugs and Alcohol (STRADA)

Scottish Training on Drugs and Alcohol (STRADA) delivers quality training across Scotland to all professionals in health, social, education, police and prison services: pharmacists and non-statutory organisations. STRADA is a partnership between the University of Glasgow's Centre for Drug Misuse Research (CDMR), The Department of Adult and Continuing Education (DACE) and DrugScop
www.projectstrada.org

Contact

  • Fraser Hoggan
    JADAT Health Improvement Officer
    Public Health Team
    Denburn Health Centre
    Rosemount Viaduct
    Aberdeen
    Tel: 01224 555252
    Email: fraser.hoggan@nhs.net

The JADAT site will be further developed. In the meantime comments on the current content would be much appreciated.